diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceManager.java
index 0a2c7377c..99ac48863 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/PlaceManager.java
@@ -254,10 +254,6 @@ public class PlaceManager
      */
     public void shutdown ()
     {
-        // clear out our listenership
-        _plobj.removeListener(this);
-        _plobj.removeListener(_bodyUpdater);
-
         // destroy the object and everything will follow from that
         CrowdServer.omgr.destroyObject(_plobj.getOid());
 
@@ -489,6 +485,10 @@ public class PlaceManager
      */
     protected void didShutdown ()
     {
+        // clear out our listenership
+        _plobj.removeListener(this);
+        _plobj.removeListener(_bodyUpdater);
+
         // let our delegates know that we've shut down
         applyToDelegates(new DelegateOp() {
             public void apply (PlaceManagerDelegate delegate) {